Carmelite — girls' name

What the Data Says About Carmelite

The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Carmelite between 1886 and 1931, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carmelite currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1931. The name reached its historical peak in 1913, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carmelite performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Carmelite shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Carmelite in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carmelite in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 68 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.